Tacky cloth



Patented Sept l8, 1923..

UNETED STATES nane Y @FFHQE.

ALBERT F. FRENCH, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN; MARY A. FRENCH, ADMINISTRATRIX F SAID ALBERT F.

FRENCH, DECEASED.

TACKY CLOTH.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. FRENCH, a citizen of the United States of America, re siding at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tacky Cloths, of which the following is a specification.

In paint shops it is the common practice to use a tacky cloth to remove dust and like matter from painted, varnished or otherwise finished surfaces on which the dust or like matter may have settled, and a tacky cloth is ordinarily a piece of fabric as a common rag, on which rubbing varnish has been placed. It is customary to immerse rags in rubbing varnish and then wring out the rags until the same are simply moist, so as to pick up any dust or fine matter without scratching or marring the surface over which the tacky cloth is moved.

If the tacky cloths are moistened with varnish and not constantly used, it is only a matter of time until the varnish hardens and the efficiency of the cloths, as dust collectors, materially reduced.

If the tacky cloths are impregnated with varnish and lie around in a pile there is probability of spontaneous combustion causing fire.

My invention aims to provide a tacky. cloth that will at all times be in condition for immediate use, with no danger whatsoever'of spontaneous combustion, and to this end, I impregnate a piece of cloth with gum thus, or resin; gasoline or turpentine, either of which will be held in suspension by the gum thus and the fabric.

In practice sufficient gasoline or turpen tine is used to cut or dissolve a, quantity of gum thus so as to produce a tacky solution, in which a piece of fabric, as cheese-cloth, may be immersed and then wrung out. Such a cloth will be sufficiently tacky to pick up 'dust and other matter and the combustible matter in turpentine will be so distributed or diluted as to prevent spontaneous combustion.

One pound of gum thus to a gallon of either of the volatile solvents of the m will yield a sufficiently tacky solution for ordinary use.

Where large quantities of tacky cloths 'are used, for instance in the finish of auto- Application filed August 22, 1921. Serial no. 494,353.

providing a roll of tacky fabric the contact:

ing convolutions of the roll will retain the tacky nature of the fabric better than if the fabric was constantly exposed to the atmosphere, and since there is no danger of spontaneous combustion the fabric can be readily placed in roll form for the convenience of painters and finishers when a piece of cloth is required. Before the fabric is placed in roll form it can be passed through or suitably immersed in a gum, gasoline or turpentine solution, and I do not care to confine myself to any particular method of impregnating the fabric. Since some painters or finishers may desire a cloth that is more tacky, than others, the proportions of gum, gasoline or turpentine may be varied, and in reciting gasoline or turpentine as ingredients for a tacky cloth, I desire it to be understood that other materials possessing somewhat like properties may be used.

What I claim is:

1. A tacky-cloth made of a piece of fabric impregnated with gum thus and turpentine.

2. A tacky cloth made of a piece of fabric impregnated with gum thus and a volatile solvent for the m.

3. A tacky cloth made of a piece of cheese-cloth which has been provided with gum thus and turpentine in such proportions as to make the cheese-cloth tacky.

4. A tacky cloth made of a piece of cheese-cloth which has been provided with gum thus and a volatile solvent for the gum in such proportions as to make the cheesecloth tacky.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a roll of fabric impregnated with gum thus and turpentine.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a roll of fabric impregnated with gum thus and a volatile solvent for the gum.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT F. FRENCH.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. Donn, KARL H. Burma.

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